Statistics for Modern-day Cities by their Former/Historical Names

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  • This quiz has been taken 80 times
  • The average score is 17 of 30

Answer Stats

Former NameHintCurrent Name% Correct
PekingAsiaBeijing
92%
Byzantium / ConstantinopleEurope / AsiaIstanbul
88%
New AmsterdamNorth AmericaNew York City
86%
BombayAsiaMumbai
85%
TenochtitlanNorth AmericaMexico City
80%
CalcuttaAsiaKolkata
78%
Petrograd / LeningradEuropeSt Petersburg
77%
SaigonAsiaHo Chi Minh City
75%
EdoAsiaTokyo
72%
Ancyra / AngoraAsiaAnkara
69%
DanzigEuropeGdánsk
69%
LéopoldvilleAfricaKinshasa
69%
AstanaAsiaNur-Sultan
66%
CantonAsiaGuangzhou
62%
KristianiaEuropeOslo
62%
Tsaritsyn / StalingradEuropeVolgograd
62%
MadrasAsiaChennai
60%
KönigsbergEuropeKaliningrad
58%
BataviaAsiaJakarta
57%
SmyrnaAsiaIzmir
51%
Keijō / GyeongseongAsiaSeoul
51%
SalisburyAfricaHarare
42%
PressburgEuropeBratislava
32%
TitogradEuropePodgorica
32%
Yerba BuenaNorth AmericaSan Francisco
29%
YorkNorth AmericaToronto
28%
RagusaEuropeDubrovnik
25%
Fort DearbornNorth AmericaChicago
22%
Ciudad TrujilloNorth AmericaSanto Domingo
22%
El Paso del NorteNorth AmericaCiudad Juárez
5%

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